Proviso First Pary campaign disclosure

I obtained a copy of the semi-annual campaign disclosure report for the Proviso First Party. Two members of the Proviso First Party were elected to the Proviso Township High Schools (District 209) board of education on April 17.

The report was filed on paper, so it is not available online.

The report lists five contributions.

• $349, not-itemized
• $1,000, from Citizens for Emil Jones, Jr. on April 17
• $14,000 in-kind contribution from ABS Graphics, 901 S. Rohlwing Rd., Addison for "marketing materials" on April 17
• $11,935.94 in-kind contribution from PS Advertising, 1883 N. Neltnor, West Chicago for "marketing materials" on April 25
• $10,000 in-kind contribution from McGaffer Communications, 310 Bussey Hgwy, Park Ridge for "marketing materials"

No expenditures are listed.

Robin Foreman signed the form. It was faxed from James J. Roche & Associates on July 20, the deadline for filing the disclosure statement.

It seems the reasonable inference is that Welch is still spending time at Roche & Associates. Officially Welch left Roche & Associates (or was fired) and is now working for Sanchez, Daniels & Hoffman.

POL, Stroger campaign committee fined over $250K

CBS-2 (Sun-Times News Group):

State officials want to slap more than $250,000 in fines on Cook County Board President Todd Stroger’s campaign committee for failing to properly report contributions.

Election officials say it is one of the biggest penalties they have leveled, and it comes after months of complaints about problems with other Stroger-related campaign accounts.

The Stroger campaign failed to report 78 contributions before the election. That seems like no big deal, if they were small contributors. But it appears the contributions total over $250,000.

That's almost $3,300 per contribution. How many of those contributions you figure came from high ranking county employees and companies doing business with the county?

BTW, it seems like some of the local committees are not in compliance with election law about disclosure. More on this later.